Plant Metallurgist

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Reporting to the Senior Metallurgist, the Plant Metallurgist is responsible for ensuring concentrate production and associated processing unit operations are controlled in a cost effective and efficient manner as well as ensuring metallurgical performance and improvement initiatives including;

This is a permanent position, with a 8/6 roster based at our Pilgangoora Operation.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Demonstrate stewardship in health, safety and environmental policies to ensure that site, corporate, and legislative requirements for the operation are met
• Generate and maintain daily and weekly metallurgical production reports to ensure that targets are met and to identify improvements opportunities
• Provide technical knowledge, training, and mentoring for graduate metallurgists, process technicians, metallurgical technicians and other members of the team
• Review and analyse past production performance, compare to budgeted and forecasted specifications and provide suggested improvement options
• Take the necessary actions to ensure that concentrate quality meets contract and target specifications
• Maintain, monitor and identify improvement opportunities of process control systems such as Citect, PowerBI, etc
• Carry out plant surveys and mass balances to maintain and improve plant performance
• Conducted laboratory trials and generated associated test work reports to evaluate production improvement opportunities.

ABOUT YOU:

• Degree qualified in Metallurgy or chemical engineering with exposure to similar role
• Prior knowledge and experience in heavy media separation and flotation desirable
• Experience in management & implementation of continuous improvement projects
• Experience and qualification as radiation safety officer desirable
• Proactive in identifying and implementing improvement opportunities
• Desire to take on various responsibilities and work in small teams